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enRensselaerville museum to open May 24http://www.altamontenterprise.com/community/out-about/05212014/rensselaerville-museum-open-may-24
<div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden">by <a href="/author/janet-haseley" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Janet Haseley</a></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Rensselaerville Grist Mill Museum will open for the summer season on Saturday, May 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a bake sale and a new exhibit on “Timeless Toys,” old toys in use before the age of electronics.</p>
<p>Beginning Saturday, May 31, the hours will be from noon to 2 p.m. each Saturday until Labor Day. The mill will also be open on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. until mid-October.</p>
<p>Those wishing to do family or town research with the museum’s extensive archive of genealogical information will find several members of the Research Group at the mill on Wednesdays, so, if researchers can come on Wednesdays, they will have more time and more people to help them.</p>
<p>The Rensselaerville grist mill is the only remaining water-powered mill in our area. The flume (penstock) was badly deteriorated and work is underway to replace it. Although the mill cannot grind grain right now, exhibits demonstrate how it used to work.</p>
<p>The Grist Mill Museum is located at the bridge in the hamlet of Rensselaerville.</p>
<p>Needed are two volunteers each Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. during the summer to greet visitors, explain the workings of the mill, and help researchers. Training is available for the volunteers and, if you can help even one Saturday this summer, it will be much appreciated. E-mail me at <a href="mailto:janethaseley@gmail.com">janethaseley@gmail.com</a> if you can help, or drop a note to me at Rensselaerville Historical Society, Post Office Box 8, Rensselaerville, NY 12147. </p>
<p>Also, donations of baked goods for the bake sale will be appreciated. Bring donations to the mill on Saturday morning, May 24, or phone Rosie Kuhar at 797-3360 or Joyce Chase at 239-4507 if you wish to bring donations before May 24. </p>
<p>Editor’s note: Janet Haseley is the research chairwoman for and one of the trustees of the Rensselaerville Historical Society.</p>
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</div></div></div>Wed, 21 May 2014 23:08:43 +0000admin2993 at http://www.altamontenterprise.comListen to songs of the Anti-Rent Rebellionhttp://www.altamontenterprise.com/community/out-about/10302013/listen-songs-anti-rent-rebellion
<div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden">by <a href="/author/janet-haseley" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Janet Haseley</a></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>RENSSELAERVILLE — The Rensselaerville Historical Society announces a new release of a compact disc containing 14 songs and ballads from the Anti-Rent Rebellion (1839-1889). The rebellion was a protest against the feudal system of land ownership under the Van Rensselaers and what happened here influenced the wording of the federal Homestead Act, which opened up the west to settlement. </p>
<p>Bruce Kennedy of Asheville, N.C., has made a documentary of the conflict and the historical society thought that new interest among area citizens and history enthusiasts would lead to interest in the songs that the protestors sang at rallies. Kennedy is descended from Dr. Smith Azor Boughton, one of the major leaders of the Anti-Rent Rebellion. </p>
<p>The songs have just been digitized for CD from a live recording made 16 years ago when Richard Creamer of Rensselaerville wrote and directed an original historical musical about the rebellion. Well-known musician George Ward arranged the traditional tunes and composed two of the ballads that were performed. </p>
<p>The musical, …<em>of the People</em>, was performed in Rensselaerville’s historic Conkling Hall with a cast of 21 local young people and adults. The original recording was made by Greg Speck of Rensselaerville and produced on audio tapes by the Rensselaerville Historical Society.</p>
<p>Charles Burgess of Rensselaerville has digitized the music and the society has produced CDs.</p>
<p>The CDs are available, for $20, from Rensselaerville Historical Society, Post Office Box 8, Rensselaerville, NY 12147. Included in the price is a six-page leaflet with all the words to all the songs, and postage.</p>
<p><em>Editor’s note: Janet Haseley is a member of the Rensselaerville Historical Society.</em></p>
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</div></div></div>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 02:42:50 +0000admin1391 at http://www.altamontenterprise.comNew documentary about Anti-Rent War to be shown in Knoxhttp://www.altamontenterprise.com/community/out-about/berne-knox-westerlo/10232013/new-documentary-about-anti-rent-war-be-shown-knox
<div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden">by <a href="/author/janet-haseley" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Janet Haseley</a></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>KNOX — A rough-cut screening of a new documentary about the Anti-Rent Rebellion will be shown at the Octagon Barn in Knox on Wednesday evening, Oct. 30, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The event is free and families with school-aged children are being encouraged to attend.</p>
<p>The film was created by Bruce Kennedy of Asheville, N.C. after he visited the Hilltown area near Albany and other locations where the Anti-Rent Rebellion happened in the mid-1800s. Kennedy interviewed a number of history enthusiasts and visited area historical societies.</p>
<p>He said that little is known outside this area about the Anti-Rent Rebellion and it is a dramatic story because what happened here made a huge impact on the opening up of the western part of America. What many, even locals, do not know is that the wording of the federal Homestead Act, which opened up the west for settlement, was a direct result of reaction to the “Perpetual Rents” and “Incomplete Sales” of land under the Van Rensselaer patroons.</p>
<p>Kennedy is descended from Dr. Smith Azor Boughton (“Big Thunder”), a major leader of the rebellion in the mid-1800s when Van Rensselaer heirs tried to collect back rent from farmers in the Hilltown area of Albany and Delaware counties. Kennedy is also descended from Samuel Adams, a ringleader of the Boston Tea Party before the American Revolution.</p>
<p>A meet-and-greet session will be from 6 to 7 p.m. where visitors can meet the filmmaker. The film will be shown beginning at 7 p.m. After the film, visitors may participate in a question-and-answer session.</p>
<p>The event is being co-sponsored by the Berne Historical Society, Helderberg Hilltowns Association, and the Knox Historical Society.</p>
<p>The Octagon Barn is located on Middle Road (Route 262) just west of its intersection with Beebe Road (route 259) in the town of Knox. Mapquest and some GPS systems prefer the address 88 Middle Road, Delanson, NY 12053. For more information, contact John Eberfeld at 872-2082 or <a href="mailto:jeberfeld@aol.com">jeberfeld@aol.com</a>.</p>
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